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Construct a timeline detailing the major events in WWII

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Major events in WWII (1939-1945):

1939: Germany invades Poland, October - War declared by UK and France 

1940: Invasion of France by Germany, April - Paris falls, June - Battle of Britain begins, July - Operation Sea Lion, Hitler resorted peace negotiations to invade Britain, August

1941:Invasion of Russia by Germany, June - Attack on Pearl Harbor, December - US joins the war 

1942: Battle of Midway, June - Battle of Stalingrad/Kursk, November - Battle of El Alamein, October 

1943: Germany surrenders at Stalingrad, February - Allies in North Africa, May - Teheran Conference, November 

1944: Battle of the Bulge, December - Allied forces liberate France, June

1945: Allies capture Berlin, May - Atomic bomb dropped on Japan, August  - Japan surrenders, August